University of Calgary

IMRIC's Dr. Aharon Lev-Tov joins Dr. Patrick Whelan from the University of Calgary, to better understand how our brain communicates with spinal circuits that generate walking.

Dr. Lev-Tov's IMRIC team has been researching how to educate the injured spinal cord to find new pathways to movement and help the patient regain some function by re-wiring the system. In Dr. Whelan's lab, the research focuses on the role played by neurotransmitters — the chemicals that carry messages between nerve cells and muscles — in movement. His experiments have shown that neurotransmitter replacement therapies can promote recovery of movement in animals.

Together they are continuing their multi-disciplinary approach to explore the wide range of techniques to help the injured patient to regain movement.